Friday Night Lights
First night game of the season finds me at Lakewood High as they go against Leuzinger.
I have to say this was a very tough game for me and I felt like an armature shooting it. I brought a two camera setup, which I just don't do. I had my Canon 7D mark II with the 300 f/2.8L and my Canon 1DX matched with the 70-200 f/2.8L. I found myself only using the 70-200 a couple of times and felt I wasn't getting the shots I wanted with the 7D mark II, so I decided to switch lens and go with the 1DX and 300 f/2.8. The down side is I lost a lot of range by using the 1DX, which is a full frame camera. I will admit I am happy with the shots that did come out and how the 1DX handled the noise, just not so happy with the lack of range. I can now see why so many photographers sold their 300 f/2.8 to get the 400 f/2.8 when the 1DX first came out.
Another issue I had was I kept pushing the wrong button while trying to focus. I have the camera set up for back button focus (BBF), but I kept hitting the exposure button, which is right next to the button I have setup for the BBF, which was just killing my shots. Needless to say I was getting rather frustrated with it. I need to do some adjustments prior to the next game and hopefully clear the issue up.
Finally the team I cover, Lakewood High, had a rough time moving the ball and didn't make a lot of open field plays and they missed a bunch of passes. Hard to really capture the action when your team isn't giving you much, but I did walk away with some nice shots.
Here are my favorites from the game.
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